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EU greenhouse gas emissions from transport increase for the second year in a row

News Published 01 Jun 2017 Last modified 10 Dec 2019

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Total European Union greenhouse gas emissions increased by 0.5 % in 2015, according to new European Environment Agency (EEA) data published today. Transport was a key reason for that increase: better fuel efficiency in that sector was not enough to counter the effects of an increasing demand for transport.